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Does anyone else hate being pregnant at Christmas???

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lizabet · 16/12/2006 23:00

Sorry but it sucks. I hate not being able to have a drink, not eat certain foods, being fat while everyone else is wearing sexy new outfits to the office party.

Was reading in a magazine how "at least you can be smug when you don't have a hangover" and "you can wind your friends up by telling them about their drunken antics". WTF?!! I spent the whole xmas party watching everyon getting merry and hating them for it. Add to that eating overcooked steak and not being able to have the prawn cocktail starter and i am feling well and truly pissed off!

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7swansaswimmingup · 17/12/2006 16:38

hate being pregnant fullstop

belgianmama · 17/12/2006 16:59

I was due on xmas day 3 years ago and it was my best xmas EVER. Even though we held the lunch at our house I didn't lift a finger , because everyone was telling me to stay put due to me being so heavily pregnant. I did enjoy the odd glass of wine and really didn't feel like I missed out on anything.

poppiesinalinewithtinsel · 17/12/2006 17:11

I've had 3 kids and for all three I was pregnant over Christmas. I didnt mind. Im not a big drinker and I could play the 'oh, I am tired and pregnant, someone else will have to cook me Christmas dinner'

SpicymulledSheraz · 17/12/2006 17:28

I was pg over Xmaas and Milenium night - really crap, plus i was only just pg so didn't want to tell everyone. No one believed I was on antibiotics and couldn't drink, can't think why. Was 6 months pg with DS2 3 yrs ago - I just let everyone wait on me..

TinsellyRhino · 17/12/2006 17:33

with all three of my pg's I have been pg over xmas
dd1 I was 6 months

dd2 I was 6 months

and this time I'm 33 weeks

I miss the blue cheese and pate, had a couple of drinks each time and will again this time

it is annoying being pg over xmas but I like to have spring babies

paddyclamp · 17/12/2006 20:23

I think it's crap being preg over Christmas. Was pregnant over xmas with both DS and DD. Wasn't so bad 2nd time as we had DS and could make xmas all about him but first time it was particularly rubbish. To be honest i avoided going out cos i felt tired, huge, and a party pooper. Just made sure i made up for it the xmas after!

Mind you i hated being pregnant altogether, even though it was worth it. The only consolation was at least it meant not being pregnant during the summer!

andyrobo237 · 17/12/2006 20:41

I don't hate being pg at xmas as such, but I have gestational diabetes and can't eat anything with sugar in - so that makes for a miserable xmas as I like being able to eat chocs and mince pies and xmas pud and cake.... need I go on!!! Xmas Sad

bumperlicious · 17/12/2006 21:29

7swans, I've pretty much found that pregnancy sucks too. And this isn't a criticism to anyone else honestly but I feel so when people say how lovely and sexy and proud they feel. It's also makes me feel like a bad mum(to-be) that I hate being pg.
Lizabet I know how you feel too, can't find anything nice to wear that fits (can't afford anything new either) and missing red wine. All the christmas party meals start with seafood or goats cheese of pate. Plus, and I know this makes me sound terrible, but when you don't drink, do you find you get so knackered really early? It's like alcohol gives you adrenaline, but instead I will be watching all my colleagues get drunk, with their goats cheese salads bored out of my mind looking not quite pg but just like I ate too many mine pies! Bah humbug!

moondog · 17/12/2006 21:32

I hated it too.
Never felt sexy.
Felt frumpy and ungainly and miserable.

Bloody awful it was and God,did I miss the booze!

motherinfurrierfestivefrock · 17/12/2006 21:34

Oh god yes, every moment of pregnancy, vile vile vile. The one good thing is that it inhibits future broodiness.

moondog · 17/12/2006 21:37

..and there was something to be said for not making an arse of myself at festive get-togethers for once.

I always felt that my behind was enormous-like a Hottentot woman's.Kept on remembering what Fergie said about hers resembling two ferrets fighting in a sack and thinking 'That's my bum that is.'

Whizzz · 17/12/2006 21:39

I'm sure Mary found it a bit tough, especially when the hotels were all full

Bladee · 17/12/2006 22:02

nice one whizzzzzz

2000milestoeidsvold · 17/12/2006 22:49

have been pregnant twice - once with dd1 - 4 1/2 years ago - was early pregnant but christmas eve we had the confirmation so that was exciting but could not say anything to the family and so i used the designated driver excuse...

this time I will be 26 weeks pregnant and I would happily exchange the not drinking to be pregnant this time of year in the northern hemisphere - we have been having temps anywhere from high 20's to mid 30's and I have the hottest part of summer to get through BUT i love it.

okay - so I will miss out on the smoked salmon and bucks fizz that we usually have for breakfast but I can eat like tc said - yummy puddings and choc and not worry about it til later and again not having to do much.....

this is no3 and my last - I am trying to enjoy every minute of being pregnant.

sputnik · 17/12/2006 23:33

Being pg at xmas... boring.
Watching other people drink and thinking, shit do I turn into an idiot too after a few drinks then? .... boring.
Being pg, a drag in general, but worth it.
I agre with Paddyclamp and think being pg in summer is actually worse.

PinkTinsel · 17/12/2006 23:39

i was 8 months pregnant the xmas before last and it was miserable. was tired and in pain and so not in the festive spirit. and dd was in such a position that i couldn't sit down for more than 5 mins at a time so kept freaking everyone out by getting up and pacing round the table.

was 2 months last xmas and it was equallymiserable as i was so tired i could cry and the dinner i'd killed myself making made me want to throw up.

even though i can't drink this year as i'm bfing it'll still top the last 2 xmas's by a long shot!!!

Boobooroastingonanopenfire · 18/12/2006 16:39

Lizabet - I'm with you. It's crap.

Nice little bump? Sexy? That's a just a parallell universe to me. (How many l's in paral...?). My arse is like two bean-bags, my thighs are gargantuan, and I've gone from a 32" to a 38" back, so I just look like a hippo.

Also, I've turned into a raving, hormonal lunatic. My DH has the patience of a saint, but he is being sorely tried.

Add the heartburn, the sleepless nights... oh gawd. Bring on the birh, I say!

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lizabet · 19/12/2006 22:00

It's time like this when i wish i was a man! I can't believe some people aren't bothered by it!! I don't enjoy being pregnant at the best of times so that doesn't help. Have a friend who'll be 8 months preg at her sister in law's wedding and she's fine about it! Me, i wouldn't go to the wedding!

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hotmulledwinemama · 19/12/2006 22:05

I was pregnant last Christmas - dd2 was due in Jan - but eventually turned up mid-Feb - but that is another story! The previous year I had dd1 in the October - so was still a bit of a blimp by Christmas!

Actually, I liked being pregnant at Christmas - there was no pressure to wear a sexy new outfit, I could sit and be waited on etc.

Even though I am still bf, I am still going to have some alcohol - in fact I'm looking forward to my Baileys.

Boobooroastingonanopenfire · 19/12/2006 22:09

But I like wearing a sexy new outfit at Christmas.

(sulk, pout etc).

I've got a dress from JojoMaman this year that looked great on the model in the catalogue, but looks like a potato sack on me.

hotmulledwinemama · 19/12/2006 22:13

Ah you see I would look crap in a sexy new outfit - hence I liked the no pressure option!

With a 10 month old and a 26 month old - I don't really do sexy anymore - just something that can be machine washed!

(Note to self - sex yourself up a bit in the New Year - or you'll never get dd3/ds1! )

Boobooroastingonanopenfire · 19/12/2006 22:16

See, we pregnant women/mothers need help to boost our sexual self-esteem.

Don't know how that's supposed to be achieved though. Going from being enormous to being covered in posset just isn't sexy, IMO.

And I really can't see myself being one of those women enthusiastically jogging with my buggy and using my baby as a weight-lifting tool.

Can't wait though

kittyschristmascrackers · 19/12/2006 22:24

I don't mind being preg again, but I mind sticking to soft drinks.

Boobooroastingonanopenfire · 19/12/2006 22:26

Yeah, I want a snowball a la The Royle Family.

Love 'em.

Lilliput · 19/12/2006 22:38

I have just worked out this is the first xmas I have not been pregnant or breastfeeding in 4 year . Pass the sherry!